Exhibitions

[Marines aboard an amphibious assault ship in the estuary
of the Cua Viet River.] "September 17 [1967]--D-Day--[the first day
of Operation Fortress Sentry]--would probably be remembered by the Marines
because it ran afoul of the first great autumnal monsoon storm of the
year. Most of the men just bent their head against the wind and rain,
and waited . . . " War Without Heroes, p. 12.